3,000 years of Christianity in an hour

FMF

Spirituality

18 Feb 16

FMF

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18 Feb 16

Podcast

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch: 3000 years of Christian history in an hour

Friday 6 November 2015

Diarmaid MacCulloch's recent history of Christianity is an expansive account of the religion's growth, struggles and paradoxes.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/11/06/4346200.htm

DeepThought

Losing the Thread

Quarantined World

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18 Feb 16

Originally posted by FMF
Podcast

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch: 3000 years of Christian history in an hour

Friday 6 November 2015

Diarmaid MacCulloch's recent history of Christianity is an expansive account of the religion's growth, struggles and paradoxes.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/11/06/4346200.htm

3,000 years? I know I'm quibbling over details, but isn't that 1,000 years too many?

wolfgang59

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19 Feb 16

Originally posted by DeepThought
3,000 years? I know I'm quibbling over details, but isn't that 1,000 years too many?

Christ was around from Creation so 3,000 years is just a snippet!

sonhouse

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03 Mar 16

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Christ was around from Creation so 3,000 years is just a snippet!

Ah, just a snippet indeed of the 14 billion years the universe has been around. And Earth is certainly young in that regard, a mere 4 or 5 bil. Late comer on the universal stage.